rtr44, it isn't apples to apples except in your mind. The numbers -- yes, but not the facts and circumstances behind the numbers.

The trend my arse. I picked those 2 years because those related to Chizik's leadership. Tubs had a completely different approach and there the number have to be analyzed in a different manner. Tubs recruited a high number of players that were on the bubble, did so in good faith knowing the non-qualifiers would go the juco route.

There is a big difference between this and using a large number of grey-shirts and trimming a significant amount off of your roster, including working the medical hardship route so much that the SEC takes over the management of that program.

rolltider, you are smarter than that. you know good and well that how many you sign each year is not the issue. it is the trimming of the roster. it is telling a guy you are standing by the scholarship offer to keep him from visiting other schools, only to pull the offer at the last minute and greyshirt him.

You also know as well as everyone else that those numbers on AU's last 2 classes included 5 count-backs and the other 3 did not qualify, therefore that is not in the spirit of over-signing where the school gains an advantage and puts the kids at a disadvantage.